I Hate to Go to Bed!

by Katie Davis

Book Overview

Brussels sprouts--yuck! The dentist--blech! And worst of all . . . bedtime! That can really ruin a kid's day. You have to stop playing and brush your teeth and put on your pj's, and you just know your... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152019200
• ISBN13: 9780152019204
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

I am the parent & buying this book for myself - I LOVE IT

For anyone looking to purchase this book it is a must! When I first checked this book out in the library for my 2 year old daughter I found I kept reading it to her for bed- over and over again. Even if she was done hearing it. I laughed every time I read it. My absolute favorite parts were "I am practically positive my parents are having a party" & "Luckily the water idea ended up being a two-part plan. After drinking it, I got out of bed again and said I had to go to the bathroom (while her duck slippers are looking up and holding an umbrella)". The illustrations are brilliant, even though my first glace impression was not significant. I adore this book. Every parent needs to own Katie Davis's I hate to go to bed. Brilliant!

good buy

My 5 year old son and 2 year old daughter love this story about a girl stalling to go to bed. "Go to bed" is repeated throughout the story, and now we all say those parts together. A good buy!

Review of: I Hate to Go to Bed!

I don't think there is one child that has never put up a fight about going to bed. The book I Hate to Go to Bed is about a little girl that refuses to go to bed because she is afraid that she is missing something while she is sleeping. She believes that every night after she goes to sleep her parents throw a huge party and just pretend that they don't. The book explains how this girl comes up with different ways to catch her parents have this "party". She first pretends to be really tired and pretends to be asleep. Then she sneaks out of her bed, but her parents catch her. Another plan was to get up because she was "thirsty", but her parents saw right through that trick because, "apparently it had been tried before". This plan actually ended up being a "two-part" plan. She then thinks that she catches her parents having a party. She thinks that her father is in a costume and her mother is putting up streamers. In reality her father was in his pajamas and her mother was flossing her teeth. This is when the little girl decides that she is going to have a party herself. Her party is going to be the best party ever; it is going to be a party in her dreams. This is a children's book that tells a creative and yet entirely believable story through both the language and pictures provided. This picture book describes a story as told through the eyes of what appears to be a five or six year-old girl. The story line is believable for both adults and children. The characters of both the girl and the parents react and behave the same way that any person would think. The way that it was written and the pictures that were provided are enjoyable for a person of any age. This book was both written and illustrated by Katie Davis. It was written in 1999 and published in the United States. There is one part in the book that is not "original work". There is one excerpt in one of the pictures of the lyrics "these boots are made for walking". Other than that the book is an "original work" and, according to me, of high excellence. I gave this book five stars because of the way I found myself captured in the story. While reading this book I remember when I was young and didn't want to go to bed for fear of what I was missing. I think that this book is amusing to all because children can relate to it now, while adults and looks back and remember what it was like to be five years old and "hate to go to bed!"

Know anyone who HATES to go to bed?

Ms. Davis's young heroine simply HATES to go to bed! SOMETHING exciting MUST be going on downstairs! After all, why else would SHE have to go to bed and her PARENTS not? Why, it's just plain unfair! Her parents are probably down there RIGHT NOW, just waiting for her to sleep so they can throw a huge party without her! Or so the young lady who is at the center of this story is convinced. So, if you can't beat 'em, INFILTRATE! Trying a whole battery of stealthy and sometimes sneaky techniques, she attempts to make her way downstairs to find out just what IS going on down there! She tries every trick in the book, from just plain sneaking out of her room to the ol' I-Need-to-go-to-the-Bathroom trick (which, it is noted, has been tried the whole world over!). Still, nothing works. The giant binoculars made out of cardboard tubes proves to be ineffective (though sharp eyed parental readers may note the headline on the father's newspaper that yells "CHILD STAYS IN BED! HISTORY MADE! ") as does the Drink of Water Technique.At one point, our heroine DOES manage to get downstairs, only to have her suspicions confirmed! AH HA! Dad's dressed up in a wizard costume and Mom is hanging streamers from the celing! What? Oh... Dad's just dressed in his P.J.s and Mom is flossing her teeth... You mean NOTHING happens after she goes to bed? Where the heck is the the party! This is a wonderful book, both for children who canidentify with a young child who hates to go to bed, as well as any parent who HAS a child who hates to go to bed and is convinced they're missing out on something. The illustrations are simple, very colorful and often simply hysterical (the picture of the girl dragging herself across the bedroom floor, eyes crossed and tongue hanging out for a glass of water is one of my personal favorites). Ms. Davis has created a small masterpiece. Highly recommended.

A book for both kids and adults to love!

I bought this book for my 3-year-old granddaughter, and within the week Lisa knew the whole book by heart & especially loved shouting out what moms and dads say when they want a kid to go to sleep -- and what the little girl in the story says (the all-too-true title!). There's so much humor in the wonderful pictures that neither I nor Lisa's 11-year-old sister nor Lisa's mom ever get tired of reading it to her. This is a sure winner. And the ending is magical.